History Animation / DreadfullyTitledMovie

''The Reversed Mountain, or Dreadfully Titled Movie'' (pl. ''Odwrócona Góra, albo Film Pod Strasznym Tytułem'') is a Polish animated movie created in 2000 by Jerzy Niemczuk and Leszek Gałysz. It is a movie version of their 13-episode long animated series from 1996, which itself is based on their book, Dreadfully Titled Tale. It tells the story of a magical shapeshifting creature called Wił, and his struggle to defeat the evil knight-like Marbati. Escaping from captivity with the help of a gigantic tornado, Wił and three little creatures called Plonki get cast to the farmhouse of Mamuna, Tatun, their son Sonek and grandpa Lesawik. HilarityEnsues. But the situation becomes dangerous. Hearing of an ancient prophecy that a child will defeat him, Marbas, the leader of the Marbati, orders all children from the land he conquered to be captured and delivered to his castle Hellberg.

* LighterAndSofter: The book version of the story is more serious, and contains many direct references to death. The movie tones them down a bit, presumably because it was originally released in the form of bedtime story episodes aimed for young children.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Played with. The Marbati soldiers resemble horned devils, and their leader Marbas is named after a very specific demon described in the Ars Goetia (The Lesser Key of Solomon). More importantly, the demon in question posesses wisdom and knowledge in mechanical arts, and can change men into other shapes-[[TechnologicallyAdvancedFoe both of these traits are exhibited]] [[ForcedTransformation by the movie version of Marbas]].

''The Reversed Mountain, or Dreadfully Titled Movie'' (pl. ''Odwrócona Góra, albo Film Pod Strasznym Tytułem'') is a Polish animated movie created in 2000 by Jerzy Niemczuk and Leszek Gałysz. It is based on their 13-episode long animated series from 1996, which itself is based on their book, Dreadfully Titled Tale. It tells the story of a magical shapeshifting creature called Wił, and his struggle to defeat the evil knight-like Marbati. Escaping from captivity with the help of a gigantic tornado, Wił and three little creatures called Plonki get cast to the farmhouse of Mamuna, Tatun, their son Sonek and grandpa Lesawik. HilarityEnsues. But the situation becomes dangerous. Hearing of an ancient prophecy that a child will defeat him, Marbas, the leader of the Marbati, orders all children from the land he conquered to be captured and delivered to his castle Hellberg.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Played with. The Marbati soldiers resemble horned devils, and their leader Marbas is named after a very specific demon described in the Ars Goetia (The Lesser Key of Solomon). More importantly, the demon in question posesses wisdom and knowledge in mechanical arts, and can change men into other shapes- [[ForcedTransformation both of these traits are exhibited]] [[TechnologicallyAdvancedFoe by the movie version of Marbas]].

* LargeHam: Marbas, with a castle-shaking [[EvilLaugh]] and [[NoIndoorVoice]].

* SycophanticServant: Omenter is blindly loyal to Marbas, and tries to stay in his good graces by spying, constantly repeating his orders, and hanging out by his side most of the time. [[Spoiler: Ultimately, he is the only one to not abandon his master when Hellberg is being destroyed.]]

* Animorphism: Wił can change into many different animals, while Marbas is able to change others into beasts with his magic potions. It is important to note that outside of military purposes, Marbas forces his soldiers to drink his concoctions [[GloryHound just so he can fight and defeat their powerful, beastly forms]].

* EvilCounterpart: Marbas and Lesawik. Both of them utilize alchemy and technology to a great extent, but [[EmperorScientist Marbas uses it to kill and destroy]], while [[BunglingInventor Lesawik tries to invent things which can help others]].

* LighterAndSofter: The book version of the story is a bit more serious, and contains many direct references to death. The movie tones them down, presumably because it was originally released in the form of bedtime story episodes aimed for young children.

* EldritchAbomination: A benevolent one. Wił has no true form of his own, instead taking the forms of various creatures.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Played with. The Marbati soldiers resemble horned devils, and their leader Marbas is named after a very specific demon described in the Ars Goetia (The Lesser Key of Solomon). More importantly, the demon in question posesses wisdom and knowledge in mechanical arts, and can change men into other shapes-[[ForcedTransformation both of these traits are exhibited]] [[TechnologicallyAdvancedFoe by the movie version of Marbas]].

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Played with. The Marbati soldiers resemble horned devils, and their leader Marbas is named after a very specific demon described in the Ars Goetia (The Lesser Key of Solomon). More importantly, the demon in question posesses wisdom and knowledge in mechanical arts, and can change men into other shapes-[[Animorphism both of these traits are exhibited]] [[TechnologicallyAdvancedFoe by the movie version of Marbas]].